Jade Barry

Using the magic of our favorite TV shows as a metaphor, learn how to capture and convince with your presentations and data. Break out of the text-bloated slide desks and into something more engaging! This talk covers narrative storytelling, speaking skills, presentation design, and data fluency tactics that will keep your audience hooked on your every word.

We love that distributed work is here to stay, but let's be real – nothing beats being in-person when it comes to generating ideas and building relationships. Research shows there's just something about that human connection. But mandated office days often don't work. People have lives! There's got to be a better way. After running our second annual Analytics Week – an internal conference for our over 300 data practitioners and partners – we realized mindfully designed events are key for bringing teams together. We all know connection matters. Events definitely aren't a new concept. But creating a gathering that actually inspires? That takes obsessing over details to make it valuable for every single person. Events are a product in and of themselves. By bringing people together for a specific purpose, subtly facilitating new bonds, and designing all the little details, you can reignite passion, spark innovation, and help teams thrive.

Bored by big buzzwords but crave meaningful change? Weary of wonky meetings that waste time and fizzle out? Then this talk is for you! Join us for a riveting ride through our people-powered approach to organizational change. When tasked with implementing a data governance solution, we bucked tradition. People first, standards later. Instead of focusing on dull KPIs and metrics, we rallied the troops – we engaged their passions and built momentum around THEIR needs and use cases. The results? Standards that evolved organically. Data teams who were pumped up and empowered. And isn't that what it's really all about - unleashing the potential of your people? In this session, we'll share the inside story of how we turned an initiative doomed to fail into an adventure that thrilled our data teams and created real change. No jargon. No snoozefest. Just a rollicking tale of empowering people to spark true change.